News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Timothy P. McDowell, 40, of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 25 years in prison for producing child pornography. This term of imprisonment will be followed by 30 years of supervised release. McDowell pleaded guilty to this offense on Oct. 25, 2022.

News Release: MIAMI - Collice Reid, 23, has been convicted for aiding and abetting the use of a firearm during a robbery that resulted in the death of a Lauderhill, Fla., resident.

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for attempting to firebomb an Essex County, New Jersey, synagogue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Christopher Logan Meadows, age 24, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced on Jan. 31, 2023, to 37 months in prison following his plea of guilty to being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. After he is released from prison, Meadows will serve three years of supervised release.

News Release: Defendant Entered Senate Chamber, Paged Through Notebook, Took Out Papers on Senator’s Desk.

News Release: A Virginia man was arrested last night on criminal charges related to his alleged transportation of images depicting the sexual abuse of children.

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that SOLOMON BURKE, age 36, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty on Feb. 1, 2023 before U.S. District Court Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to a violation of the Federal Controlled Substances Act.

NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence and Mass Shootings grant opened on Feb. 3.

News Release: Dairo Antonio Úsuga David, known by various aliases, including “Otoniel," pleaded guilty today to running a continuing criminal enterprise-the Colombian paramilitary and multibillion dollar drug organization known as the “Clan del Golfo" (CDG). Úsuga David also pleaded guilty to related drug distribution...

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Minneapolis man has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm as a felon, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jacob V. Schmidbauer, 41, of Lancaster, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years and a $250,000 fine.

News Release: Davenport, IA - A Davenport man, Keith Deshon Euring, Sr. (also known as “Sweat"), age 54, was sentenced on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, to 235 months in federal prison for sex trafficking of a minor and distribution of marijuana to a person under age 21. Euring was found guilty of these offenses following a jury trial in September 2022. Following his prison term, Euring was ordered to serve a five-year term of supervised release.

News Release: MIAMI - Collice Reid, 23, has been convicted for aiding and abetting the use of a firearm during a robbery that resulted in the death of a Lauderhill, Fla., resident.

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man has been charged in federal court with illegally possessing a firearm.

News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man pleaded guilty today to evading his federal income taxes.